nadia bolz weber
nadia is the author of three new york times bestselling memoirs, pastrix: the cranky, beautiful faith of a sinner and saint; accidental saints: finding god in all the wrong people, and more recently shameless: a sexual reformation. she is an ordained lutheran pastor and the founder of house for all sinners and saints in denver, colorado, a quirky congregation she served for over 10 years.
nadia travels domestically and internationally as a speaker and has been featured on NPR’s morning edition, on being with krista tippett, fresh air, CNN and in the washington post, bitch magazine, the new yorker and the atlantic. international media coverage includes BBC world service, the guardian and magazine features in germany, poland, and switzerland.
may this conversation inspire you to go within: to the raw, wild, expanse of mystery that is your beating heart, vibrating body, pulsing life in order to go beyond to utter the sacred: your words, dance, painting, art.
*this episode is a rebroadcast from the art & activism series in 2020
- having grace and compassion inside of the pain
- the need to be seen as good
- the amazingness and the limits of social media
- making space for ambiguity
- being a leader by going first and
- never doing it alone
“the only reason I’m so obsessed right now with compassion is I’m desperate for other people to have it for me, to be honest.”
“that’s what I call my form of leadership: screw it. i’ll go first.”
connect with nadia bolz-weber:
nadiabolzweber.com
@sarcasticlutheran on instagram
connect with daphne cohn:
illumine free sacred creativity hour. m-f. 6-7am LA| 9-10am NY| 2-3pm London
emerge embodied writing workshop series
@daphnecohn on instagram